Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. “Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

Suzuki or otherwise, buying a new vehicle is an intense experience with complicated credit, insurance, documentation, and contracts. Files that should be secure and kept private were left publicly accessible. Rarely do car manufacturers sell their cars directly. We’ve grown to trust our local car sellers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It took almost three weeks for Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola in the US, to spot the intrusion, during which time the attackers had widespread access to its internal systems. What went wrong? Pepsi said that it “took prompt action to contain the incident and secure [its] systems”.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. The DOJ today unsealed indictments against two Russian men alleged to be active members of LockBit. Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev , a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

It manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. The company employs approximately 25,000 people and has 50 plants all over the world.

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

John Danenberger, CPCU, is Corporate Counsel at State Farm Insurance and specializes in addressing emerging issues around telematics. In 2015, he successfully transitioned from a military career as a trial attorney for the JAG Corps to working in telematics in corporate America for State Farm Insurance.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022. ” Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and retail sectors. The average ransom payment was $1.2 61,9% of the victims are in the US, 15.8%

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This additional reward aims to target affiliated and initial access brokers involved and that facilitated the attacks of the group. Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States. the fashion giant Moncler , the Swissport , NCR , and Western Digital.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Five months later, Gunnebo disclosed it had suffered a cyber attack targeting its IT systems that forced the shutdown of internal servers.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Incident details: An unauthorised party gained access to some employee email accounts and the information within them, including demographic, medical and financial information. It turned out that an unauthorised party had accessed and downloaded its business records, including files containing personal data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The malicious installer was used to infect organizations in multiple sectors, including the industrial, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, insurance and telecommunications sectors in North America and Europe. CrowdStrike Intelligence customers have access to additional reporting related to this actor.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States. “On February 21, 2024, UnitedHealth Group (the “Company”) identified a suspected nation-state associated cyber security threat actor had gained access to some of the Change Healthcare information technology systems. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Xchanging is primarily an insurance managed services business that operates on a standalone basis.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. “Royal’s initial access utilized the basic service domain service account, connecting to a server. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals. Cybernews researchers assert that access to the Digital Ocean bucket belonging to ICICI Bank was fully restricted on March 30.

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 27, 2023

Security layers monitored by SIEMs, according to the findings, include Windows (96 percent), Network (96 percent), Identity and Access Management (96 percent), Linux/Mac (87 percent), Cloud (83 percent), and Email (78 percent). Still, just 32 percent monitor containers.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. But in certain cases the cloud is not readily accessible.

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Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

For businesses that rely on mainframes, secure access to the data stored there is simply a business requirement. Terminal emulation and host access to these critical resources is key to enabling a range of business processes from serving customers more efficiently to ensuring regulatory compliance. Increase mobility and access.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The researchers discovered credentials that provided access to 95,592,696 artifacts, as well as download permissions and some deploy operations. Among those affected was SAP SE. Breached records: more than 56 million. NTT Business Solutions in Osaka handles the computer system used by NTT call centres.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Luxottica Group S.p.A. ” On October 27th, the company began to notify affected users.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. of cyber attacks IBM handled. costing an estimated $18.88

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“The whole idea of microsegmentation is to give customers more control – to get faster, more efficient access to controlled assets without having to choose between exposing them too much or not having access to them at all,” he said. Also read: How to Implement Microsegmentation. Critical Infrastructure, IIoT a Good Fit.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

“According to open-source reporting, DarkSide actors have previously been observed gaining initial access through phishing and exploiting remotely accessible accounts and systems and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (Phishing [ T1566] , Exploit Public-Facing Application [ T1190 ], External Remote Services [ T1133 ]).[

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 5, 2020

In addition, personal data stored on vehicles and/ or at external locations may not be adequately secured against unauthorized access. Personal data may be processed for a wide variety of purposes such as driver safety, insurance and efficient transportation. Recommendations suggested by the European Data Protection Board.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Toronto residents’ CERB payments on hold after fraudulent employment insurance claims (700) Kentucky’s unemployment system suffers another breach (unknown) Defence supplier PULAU Corporation says it has been hacked (unknown) American Payroll Association notifying those affected by cyber attack (unknown). Financial information. In other news….

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IT Governance

JULY 7, 2021

In a statement , the organisation said that an attacker had compromised an employee’s email account and gained access to a vast array of sensitive data. Meanwhile, the researchers found that the most attacked industries are IT, healthcare and manufacturing.

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Info Source

AUGUST 31, 2022

Supply is having significantly greater impacts for some original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of digital production equipment so it will be interesting to see how the strategies they are developing in collaboration with their customers unfold in the long term. We are also seeing significant interest in capture software-related solutions.

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OpenText Information Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Learn how security and automation can bring mainframe access into the modern world. Traditional host systems can be pivotal for digital transformation. The post The Modern Mainframe is Automated, Protected and Connected appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, this includes data on the development and testing of new therapies and details of how therapies are manufactured. In the 2017 WannaCry attack, for example, cyber criminals used ransomware to prevent victims from accessing their IP unless a ransom was paid.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.” . “The victimology is quite random and opportunistic rather than highly targeted, which makes it even more dangerous and widespread.

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InfoGovNuggets

JULY 8, 2018

It’s one thing when an insurance company asks you to install an appliance that tracks your driving habits. But what if the car manufacturer installs an app that sends the data to the insurer? Mitsubishi installs app and offers to arrange to send data to insurers. You can qualify for rate discounts.

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Info Source

MAY 21, 2020

With powerful synergies, Ephesoft and Alfresco are heavily focused on solving content acquisition and management challenges in government and specifically in federal and public sectors, financial services, insurance, manufacturing and healthcare, among other industries. About Ephesoft.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe have reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man. KG operating with limited service after cyber attack (unknown) Morley Companies, Inc.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Access to a range of ransomware tools tailored to remove specific strains of malware. Immediate access to experts for swift resolution of security issues. Has recovered data from all major hard drive manufacturers and all data loss scenarios. Digital forensics for insurance, medical, legal, and Fortune 500 companies.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

Agency for International Development IBM gives school districts grants to harden security against ransomware attacks UK businesses in the South East get access to Police CyberAlarm HSE seeks order to help find who uploaded or downloaded files stolen in cyber attack. discloses ransomware incident (unknown). million drivers’ details (3.3

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